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... because most of our consumers were listening to Morning Edition and All Things Considered in the automobile to and from work. Yet they still occasionally h
by ourmandave 10y ago
... because most of our consumers were listening to Morning Edition and All Things Considered in the automobile to and from work.
Yet they still occasionally have a story with a siren in the background, so I start checking my mirrors and pulling over.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 10y agoThis is already illegal in the UK, but sadly I think it will take a high profile court case where someone sues the radio station or an advertisement company for causing an accident to enact this kind of change in the US.
- revelation 10y agoAnd the first person to be charged is the driver. If you cause an "accident" because you were listening to radio, you are driving reckless.
- CamperBob2 10y agoHuman factors are a thing. Ask anyone who works in the aviation industry. (Or, for that matter, Jeep.)
- matthewmcg 10y agoJust don't include emergency broadcast system[1] tones in your message[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Alert_System [2] https://www.fcc.gov/document/enforcement-advisory-misuse-eas-signals-or-tones-prohibited https://www.fcc.gov/document/enforcement-advisory-misuse-eas...
- Trill-I-Am 10y agohttp://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/tbs-facing-hefty-fine-over-adult-swim-ad/457335/ http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/tbs-faci...
- quakeguy 10y agoOne fitting picture.
- mcguire 10y agoPardon me, but... Holy shit, NPR's fascination with sound effects. Yes, I want to listen to 15 fucking seconds of someone chewing loudly between paragraphs. Sirens, crowd noises, people talking about something undoubtedly unrelated in Urdu. Dear god, NPR's signature sounds are why I don't listen to it.
- larrymcp 10y agoThis, times a million! Oh, and the weird music. I'm not sure I need 15 seconds of annoying jazz improvisation at full volume between segments either. But that is indeed part of the "signature sound" :)
- themckman 10y agoThere's a great scene in a Parks and Recreation where Leslie (Amy Poehler) is on the local public radio station and they are about to go to commercial break. Before they do, however, they play part of a song from Nefertiti's Fjord (a "Lesbian Afro-Norwegian Funk Duo"). Leslie comments on how bad it is to which the host agrees but defends the choice with "but, they are lesbians, so..." There's several scenes throughout the show that poke fun of various aspects of NPR that are usually quite funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU4t7COg6W4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU4t7COg6W4
- shermanyo 10y agoI lost it the first time I saw "jazz + jazz = jazz"
- jff 10y agoThe shows with the constant sound effects also usually have what seems like a relatively new format: they try to make it sound like the hosts (it's always two hosts) are a couple of friends, interested laymen, having a talk at their house about the topic. So they stop to interject ("right?!" "No!"), they talk over each other but only occasionally so as not to annoy the listener, they basically feel like your two friends who've read the same Wikipedia page and are discussing it at a party. And it's during this "conversation" that they play the sound clips: HOST 1: "So there's this interesting thing they've just discovered, Host 2" HOST 2: "What's that?" HOST 1: "Scientists have discovered that when you eat..." chomping and chewing noises HOST 1: "... you're actually oppressing black people." prison cell door slams HOST 2: "What, seriously?"